"Don't you want to know what kind of players can come to the U.S.? With my jumping ability, the Americans can easily find a hundred or eighty of them. That's no problem at all."
Jinguji Budo fell back to the ground, basketball tucked between his waist, and said to Rukawa Kaede with a smile.
Perhaps Rukawa Kaede played too many low-level games. When he was in junior high school, he probably never met a player of Jinguji Budo's level. His offensive style could really work against average players, and he even had a chance of success against Mitsui Shou.
After all, although Mitsui Hisashi's height has increased, his jumping ability has not improved much.
However, if facing a player like Jinguji Budou who is fast, explosive, and has terrifying bounce, Rukawa Kaede's offense is not enough. He needs to create a greater distance between himself and the defense to have a chance of scoring.
"One hundred or eighty?"
"Are there any players of your level in the high school IH and Autumn National Games?"
"How many?"
Rukawa Kaede's expression froze and he asked with some curiosity.
"IH and Autumn National Sports? There is only one player who is at the same level as me. There are quite a few who are one level lower than me."
"I don't know what level you are at right now. After you finish these 100 points, I think I should be able to get an idea."
Budou smiled and walked towards the three-point line with the ball. Rukawa was a proud man. In junior high school, he could be said to be the best player in Kanagawa. Moreover, Rukawa had set ambitious goals for himself in basketball. After learning that Jinguji Budou had plans to travel to the United States, Rukawa became restless.
Jinguji Budo knew that Rukawa Kaede challenged him to a bullfight today probably because he was restless. This kid probably knew that he was going to travel to the United States and had the same idea in his mind.
But Rukawa Kaede is different from himself. This kid is really too young. Even Jinguji Budou doesn’t know whether he can gain a foothold in an American high school. If Rukawa Kaede travels to the United States at this age, the result will probably not be good.
"Here, let's dispel this kid's idea first."
"Down-to-earth training is what you need to do at this stage."
Wu Dao walked to the three-point line, turned around to face the basket, looked at Rukawa Kaede in front of him, and said to himself.
"I'm about to start!" Wu Dao reminded him, and then he dropped the ball. Wu Dao's dribbling action looked quite casual, with his waist straight, doing the crotch dribbling action. In Rukawa's eyes, Wu Dao's action did not pose any threat of breakthrough. Rukawa thought that Wu Dao might be able to pull up, so he raised his waist slightly.
However, at the moment when Rukawa raised his center of gravity, Jinguji Budo suddenly started after a crotch dribble, and his right foot completed a step forward in the blink of an eye, and then he broke through with a dig step. The speed of the whole person reached the maximum at the moment of breakthrough, and his body quickly passed through Rukawa, and after three simple steps, he directly invaded the basket and then scored directly with a dunk.
It was not until Takeshi Jinguji broke through and scored a goal that Rukawa came to his senses belatedly and turned around to look at Takeshi Jinguji blankly.
"So... so fast!"
Kogure Konobu on the sidelines watched the entire attack by Jinguji Budo. He was greatly surprised by the terrifying breakthrough speed and the clean and neat dunk.
On the contrary, Akagi and Mitsui Shou, who were training with Takeshi, were not surprised to see this scene. When they were training at Ryonan High School, they would watch Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano's one-on-one training whenever they had free time. They had seen the same breakthrough action on Takeshi many times and were no longer surprised.
And the fact that Rukawa had no reaction to Budo's breakthrough was also within their expectations. Not everyone can react to Budo's digging step breakthrough. Rukawa was not familiar with Budo's current offensive habits. Relying solely on his own body's reaction, this kid was still a little short of the mark.
"Although it was just one goal, the difference between the two can still be seen at a glance."
"Ryukawa Kaede is at the top level among junior high school students, but in martial arts he..."
Akagi Takenori looked at Rukawa with some emotion. He still couldn't understand why Rukawa would go to Jinguji Budo Fighting. A junior high school student challenging the man at the top of high school basketball, even if he was overestimating his own abilities, he shouldn't be so overestimating himself, right
“2:0.”
Mitsui Shou blew the whistle and shouted loudly.
Jinguji Budou didn't show much expression on his face after scoring the goal. He held the basketball in one hand and walked towards the three-point line again. After reaching the top of the arc, Budou dropped the ball and dribbled it behind his back, reminding Rukawa Kaede.
"The second ball begins."
“Focus.”
As soon as Jinguji Takeshi finished speaking, he changed his back exercise and did the cross-leg dribble again like before, but this time, Takeshi's center of gravity was lower than before.
Rukawa held his hands horizontally, ready for battle. After waiting for two seconds, Rukawa seemed to feel that it was not feasible to just sit there and wait for death, so he prepared to step forward and close the distance between him and Budou, so that when Budou broke through, the ball would land further away from his body, giving Rukawa enough distance to steal the ball.
But as soon as Rukawa raised his foot, Jinguji Budou immediately seized this flaw, dribbled the ball between his legs, and then broke through to his right side again.
Just when Akagi and others on the sidelines thought that Rukawa would be easily broken through again, something surprising happened. Rukawa on the defensive side quickly made a mistake and actually managed to react successfully, while sticking his body tightly to Jinguji Budo's side.
"Nice defensive move! Keep up!"
When Mitsui Shou saw this scene, he couldn't help but let out a low cry, and his eyes lit up.
However, Jinguji Takeshi, who was followed by Takeshi, suddenly smiled, and stopped suddenly while moving, and changed his position. Rukawa, who was following up to defend, did not react, and inertia pushed him to run two steps forward after Takeshi stopped, and he was instantly separated from Takeshi.
Jinguji Budou, who had an empty space in front of him, did not slow down his pace of attack. After pushing away Rukawa Kaede, he rushed into the basket from the left side, then made a layup with his right hand behind the basket and sent the ball into the basket.
Jinguji Budou scored two goals in a row without any effort. Seeing Budou score two goals in a row, Mitsui Shou also blew the whistle, shouted 4:0, and looked at Rukawa Kaede who was walking towards the three-point line with a little sympathy.
"100 points... must be torture for Rukawa..."
"Budo, don't hit Rukawa too hard. He will be desperate after seeing the difference between them."
Mitsui Shou sighed inwardly, but did not try to stop the match between Takeshi and Rukawa Kaede. He knew that Takeshi would know his limits.
"Ryukawa Kaede, with your vision, you should be able to see the gap between us, right?"
"Do you want to continue?"
Jinguji Budo returned to the three-point line with the ball, but did not drop the ball. Instead, he suddenly asked Rukawa Kaede.
He knew that Rukawa would never admit defeat at this time, but Wudao also knew that his two goals must have left a deep impression on Rukawa. In order to keep Rukawa's fighting spirit at a certain level, words of encouragement were useless. For a proud person like Rukawa, he had to be stimulated!
Sure enough, after hearing this, Rukawa looked at Jinguji Budo coldly and said expressionlessly: "Continue!"
Looking at Rukawa's determined expression, Wudao knew that the two goals just now did not discourage Rukawa's fighting spirit. Wudao smiled and reminded: "Get ready, the third goal!"
While Wudao was speaking, he looked towards the basket and quickly raised his hands above his head in a shooting posture. When Rukawa saw this, his eyes shrank, and he raised his hands suddenly and pounced directly in front of Wudao.
"It's so easy to fool this kid..."
Wudao curled the corner of his mouth, quickly collected the ball, turned his back while sticking to Rukawa's body, and quickly passed Rukawa. Wudao didn't dribble the ball. The moment he turned around, he threw the ball directly towards the backboard, then quickly rushed to the basket, jumped up near the basket, caught the rebounding basketball in the air, and dunked it.
Mitsui Shou, who was under the basket, couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw Jinguji Budou dunk and score.
Normally, there are no rebounds in a one-on-one fight, so Wu Dao's goal was actually considered a violation. However, this kind of smooth attack can also be considered a normal offensive method. Generally speaking, it is impossible for a teammate to call this kind of goal.
Wu Dao was quite tactful. After the dunk, he smiled at Mitsui Shou and whispered, "No need to keep score. Let's exchange the ball."
Wudao said, picking up the basketball and throwing it towards Rukawa. At this time, Rukawa was standing inside the three-point line, turning his head to look at Jinguji Wudao, and seeing the basketball flying towards him, he subconsciously reached out to catch it, and then looked at Wudao in confusion.
"There's no board in the bullfight, it's your turn to attack."
Wudao walked to Rukawa Kaede, patted Rukawa Kaede's shoulder, and spoke to him with a smile.
This is a reward for Rukawa Kaede's courage!
Rukawa Kaede was obviously a little unhappy when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Wudao interrupt him:
"These are the rules of bullfighting, the same for you and me."
Wudao's words directly blocked Rukawa's next words. But even if he didn't say it, Wudao knew what Rukawa was thinking. Now, he should feel that Wudao deliberately let him miss the ball and be angry.
For a guy like Rukawa, anger will not only not make him lose his mind, but will make him exert even greater strength!
Rukawa Kaede didn't act pretentiously anymore. He took the ball and walked directly to the three-point line. Then he whispered, "Start."
Then he dropped the ball and took two steps back, putting some distance between himself and Wu Dao.
"Huh?!" Seeing Rukawa's actions, Wudao was a little surprised. Keeping such a big distance would not be conducive to a breakthrough.
Wudao did not follow up on defense, but instead stood inside the three-point line. He wanted to see how Rukawa Kaede planned to break through his defense.
Rukawa, who had created some distance, quickly took action. The pace of his dribbling suddenly increased. While dribbling, he suddenly looked up at the basket and quickly approached the basketball with his left hand.
"Dunbai, next, are you planning to speed up the breakthrough?" Wudao thought so in his heart when he saw Rukawa's actions, but the movement of his body was to actively raise the center of gravity and make a defensive action, but at the same time, Wudao's feet were rooted in the ground, and his feet were staggered front and back, ready to turn around and chase.
Sure enough, after the blast, Rukawa accelerated his breakthrough. His center of gravity was very low and his speed was also quite fast. In a blink of an eye, he surpassed Jinguji Budou's position and crossed the three-point line.
All of Rukawa's movements were within Wudao's expectations. The moment Rukawa passed him, Wudao also turned around and stuck directly behind Rukawa.
"Can't get rid of it!" Akagi and Mugure on the sidelines exclaimed in unison when they saw Jinguji Budou easily follow Rukawa's movements.
Mitsui Hisashi, who was outside the basket baseline, narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Rukawa Kaede rushing towards the basket.
"This time, he shouldn't be so naive as to think that he can score against Wu Dao by relying on a layup like that, right?" Mitsui Shou thought to himself, and focused his attention.
On the court, Takeshi Jinguji, who was following behind Rukawa, did not choose to steal the ball while Rukawa was moving. He had no intention of underestimating Rukawa. Rukawa must be on guard against him now. While dribbling, Rukawa had sufficient control over the basketball, and there were many possible dribbling variations. Takeshi would not sacrifice speed to gamble on a successful steal.
When he is about to shoot, it must be when Rukawa's offense changes the least!
Soon, Rukawa crossed the free throw line with the ball. Two steps inside the free throw line, Rukawa held the ball in front of his chest and jumped towards the basket.
Just when Rukawa reached the free throw line, Takeshi Jinguji, who had been following behind Rukawa, suddenly accelerated and instantly passed Rukawa. At the moment Rukawa caught the ball, Takeshi Jinguji was already level with Rukawa, and he quickly reached out and accurately pressed the basketball in front of Rukawa's chest.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
When Rukawa jumped, he didn't use much strength to catch the ball. His hands were in a relatively relaxed state. But after being hit by Wudao, the basketball slipped out of his hands and fell on the floor.
"What?!" Rukawa felt the basketball slip out of his hands and was startled. The upward trend came to an abrupt halt and he quickly fell back to the ground. He turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budo.
At this time, Jinguji Budou just caught the fallen basketball in his hand. Holding the basketball with one hand, he looked at Rukawa with a smile.
"The position where you made the shot was too far from the basket. I know you don't have the ability to shoot from long distances over there, so your offensive intention was too obvious."
"Next time you fake a shot, make sure it's within your shooting range, don't do it just for the sake of fake action."
"The power when closing the ball is too weak. Before the basketball is shot, Wanqian cannot relax. If it falls after one shot, such a close ball is not qualified."
"Also, when facing an opponent like me, whether it's a layup or a dunk, there must be enough space. I'm so close to you, you have to find a way to distance us. Maintaining this position to attack gives me the opportunity to block and steal the ball."
"Kid, do you remember?"
Wudao held the ball in one hand and talked about Rukawa's problems in attack. Rukawa still had a blank expression on his face, looking like a cool and handsome guy. I don't know if this guy heard it.
Jinguji Budo didn't care whether Rukawa listened or not. He walked to the three-point line with the ball in his hand, touched the three-point line at the top of the arc with his toes, and said to Rukawa:
"Come on, come and defend me!"
"Let me show you how!"
In fact, Rukawa knew what to do without Wudao saying anything. While Wudao was speaking, Rukawa had already arrived in front of Wudao. After Wudao reminded him "start", Wudao directly used tentative steps to adjust Rukawa's defensive position.
After Wu Dao tried twice, the basketball was suddenly raised from the waist to the chest, and the complete curvature of the knee was greatly reduced.
"Pull up?" Rukawa had some guesses in his mind when he saw Wudao's movements, but he did not rashly increase his center of gravity to defend.
But at the moment when Rukawa hesitated, Wudao's ball-carrying action suddenly accelerated, and he jumped up on the spot and shot directly from 1 meter outside the three-point line.
"Ryukawa Kaede, you have to be within the shooting range and make the shooting motion. Only in this way can you be threatening!"
The basketball was shot, Wudao said to Rukawa with a smile, and just as he finished speaking, the basketball went straight into the net with a crisp sound.
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